In May 2000, Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch celebrated his 26th birthday by playing in the 1st game at Sutter Health Park ...

Michael Shapiro is a sports reporter for Chron, covering the Astros, Rockets, Texans and every team in town. Michael is a ...

Heading into Sunday, Houston Astros manager Joe Espada mentioned a 'strong possibility' of Yordan Alvarez returning early ...

Bryan Abreu's 58th appearance of the season, coming a day after throwing more than one inning, is a symbol of the Astros' ...

Right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. may have helped the Astros to a 10-7 win over the Orioles on Friday night in his return from ...

Cristian Javier, Lance McCullers Jr. and Spencer Arrighetti have been slow to regain form in return from injuries.

Out since May 2 with a fracteured hand, Yordan Alvarez has one more rehab start in Corpus Christi and could be back in ...

Christian Walker can’t pinpoint an exact moment from earlier in the season, but the Houston slugger said he wasn’t performing ...

That player is outfielder Jake Meyers. Matt Kawahara of The Houston Chronicle answered a question in a recent mailbag about ...

The nine-time All-Star closer is preparing to play for his ninth team. "It's a tremendous ballclub with a lot of talent," ...

Garcia struck out six and allowed six runs (five earned) on seven hits and two walks across 4.1 innings in a rehab start Tuesday with Double-A Corpus Christi.

On Sunday, an update surfaced on Alvarez’s potential return after he began his rehab assignment earlier this week. Manager ...